[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#573172: libvirt0: netcat -q option prevents remote connections

[Hans J. Koch]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 03:44:58PM +0100, Hans J. Koch wrote:
> Package: libvirt0
> Version: 0.7.7-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> When I use virt-manager, every attempt to connect to a remote server ends with
> 
> server closed connection: nc: invalid option -- 'q'
> 
> The server runs Fedora, with an openbsd nc installed. It knows the option -U
> so I don't have the problem reported in #538799. Unfortunately, nc.openbsd
> doesn't know -q. On the other hand, nc.traditional knows -q, but not -U.
> The usage of both options in one nc commandline completly breaks things.

It seems the -q was introduced in the patch that closes #564034. That patch is
for virt-manager, so this bug should probably be moved over to that package.
I'll wait for a response from the package manager, and will then probably file
a new bug against virt-manager. libvirt0 is innocent, I think.

Hans